I haven’t gotten too deep into the game yet, but so far it is exactly what it is supposed to be. I feel the Rock Band franchise already looks better and plays smoother than the Guitar Hero games, and the Beatles game is easily Rock Band's best output so far. It gives you the option to calibrate the audio and video lag by playing along to a metronome, which should be helpful to people who naturally strum or hit a little too early or late. The graphics are beautiful and clean, true to the designs and imagery that accompanied the band’s music. The story mode moves you through their career chronologically, similar in style to the Beatles Anthology documentary, animated with nice detail. As a huge fan of the Beatles and of music video games, I am immediately pleased on both fronts. There a number of my favorite songs - "Helter Skelter" and "I Want You" specifically - and not a single one I dislike (because the Beatles are the most important band in history, and all that), and with any other Rock Band you were always guaranteed at least a handful of stinkers you never wanted to play. There is no other band whose career is more iconic, and whose music is so deservedly celebrated. There is no other band I would rather own a game of before the Beatles. Good call, Rock Band. You are going to make a lot of money.